It did last pretty long. But my first set up was pretty basic.. then i tried different cams. then I bumped the compression and ported. It lasted 3 years of daily summer abuse. and what a difference when you add a nice stall converter it was great + shift kit etc. anyways, so i think i'll check out the 318, real good this time. And hopefully get it on the road for summerish. I forgot to punch up the numbers into VED yet.. hmm